EVERYONE has Trump's "First Amendment" claim wrong.

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Fox News' Trump-Slavering hosts say the First Amendment gives Trump the right to lie and spread disinformation (by the way, great defense guys!), while former AG Bill Barr says “free speech doesn't give you the right to engage in a fraudulent conspiracy."

Both points are irrelevant to Trump’s situation.  We don’t even get to the First Amendment because no crime has been alleged. Free speech is a defense, but first there has to be — what is it again? — a crime. And lying isn’t a crime. (See the entire media.). The end. Do not pass go.

It’s true that crimes committed with words aren’t protected by the First Amendment. But, on the other hand, you can’t make a non-crime a crime just by adding the word “conspiracy.” AS I HAVE I ALREADY CLEARLY EXPLAINED, lying isn’t a crime. 

If a group of people (or an individual) tell lies to, say, commit a bank robbery or engage in insider trading, the fact that words were used is irrelevant. Why? Because robbery and insider trading are CRIMES. Saying, “but I only used words” is no defense. 

But what was the crime here? Answer: Fraud.  What was the “fraud”? Answer: Getting people to believe his lie (to “defraud the United States,” “obstruct an official proceeding,” and “against rights”).

Again, lying is not a crime. A bunch of people “conspiring” to lie is not a crime.  Lying when you know you are lying and you’re hoping people will believe your lie is not a crime. 

Adding the word “conspiracy” can’t miraculously turn something that isn’t a crime into a crime. 

I know you hate Trump —you’re late to the party, bud — but please don’t start making up ridiculous legal concepts to accuse him of committing non-existent crimes.